[Preparation and correspondences for the Bern trial]

The file contains correspondences of several people and organizations concerning the Protocols of the wise man of Zion and the Bern trial during July and August 1934. In most of the letters the topics are the preparation for the Bern trial and the exchange of informations. Letters from and to the Israelischen Kultusgemeinde Zuerich and from and to the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities are attached. Also correspondences of private people fighting against antisemitism, who are mostly connected to and working for the Bern trial like Dr. Alfred Wiener, Oscar Meyer, David Farbstein, Saly Mayer, Elias Cerikover and Jules Dreyfus-Brodsky are also attached. Information about the intended strategies for the trial and financial matters are exchanged. Also discussions about payments and salaries can be seen. Furthermore information about the work and life of Sergiei Nilus and the spreading of his book (The Great within the Small and Antichrist, an Imminent Political Possibility. Notes of an Orthodox Believer) are shared. Reports in French and Swiss newspapers regarding the events before the Bern trial can also be read. In addition Telegrams asking for information about the events in the Bern trial and handwritten letters can be seen.